Lees resigns basin place. - Frank W. Lees, dam site representative of the Columbia Basin Commission, resigned effective today. Lees, formerly a Grant county commissioner, is president of the Neppel Commercial club. He has served as official...

Indorse four for basin post. - At a meeting at Ephrata Saturday of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Grant county, a resolution was passed indorsing a Grant county man for the vacancy on the state Columbia basin committee, caused by the death...

Rising Columbia hampers work on Coulee span. - The Columbia river is rising at the rate of six inches every 24 hours at the Grand Coulee dam site, Frank W. Lees, contact man for the state Columbia basin commission, reported to the Spokane office...